caveat emptor – especially in the secondary ticket market
there’s a certain irony in recommending ticketmaster as the place to start one’s online ticket search… but it turns out that ticketmaster is the safest path through the morass that is the secondary ticket market.
with ‘helpful’ names like ‘boxofficesanjose.com’ or ‘secureboxoffice.com’, these sites bury their policies in the fine print:
- “we sell tickets on the secondary market usually… at PRICES ABOVE FACE VALUE”
- “prices quoted on this site are often SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER than the price printed on the ticket”
- “we are NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY BOX OFFICE, venue, sponsor, team, Ticketmaster.com, Tickets.com or any other similar organization”
DO check for ‘convenience fees’ and additional service charges.
do NOT check the “i have read and accept the policies” checkbox without actually reading them first.
these companies are not there to take care of you. they are they to move tickets… at any cost.
all sales are final.